FatCat first became aware of Amandine back in the Summer of 2004 when we were sent a demo and were all instantly taken by the beautiful melodic songs that it contained.
The band was formed back in 2001 in a small town in Sweden called Sandviken. Originally playing under the name 'Wichita Linemen', the line-up included Olof Gidlof on vocals, Andreas Wengelin (bass), John Andersson (piano/accordian) and Dan-Erik Westerlind (drums). They went on to record a couple of early demo's which led to a great partnership with Ove Andersson who took on the role of engineer / producer for the band.
After illness, family commitments and difficulties of geographical distance, Andreas and Dan left the band in 2003, and were replaced by good friends Andreas "Bosse" Hedstrom (bass) and Andreas Bergqvist (drums), a move that firmly rooted the band in their new home Umea, and with more time to rehearse they recorded a new demo.
After establishing contact and initial talks with Fatcat, plans were made for the guys to record their first Full length LP.
In Autumn 2004, the band changed name to Amadine and moved to Malmo, and In May 2005 the band signed to FatCat and went back into Ove Andersson's Maraccas studio where he again worked his magic, pulling in a whole bunch of other musicians to help record new tracks.
(Biography by FatCat)
